I believe our team followed each step of the planning process as shown below.
Step 1 - Our main objective was to build an egg-protection device that would protect our egg from cracking so that we all could get the extra 5 points credit. Working under the deadline given to us, we named our egg and then quickly came up with different ideas about what type of device we should build.
Step 2 - During our planning process, a few people went to the front of the room to examine the materials we would be using and how each material could be utilized in the best way. They came back with other ideas about how to build our device.
Step 3 - We took alot of ideas into consideration but we finally agreed on one idea. In addition, we thought of a backup plan just in case the first idea wouldn't work.
Step 4- We ended up using the backup plan because after examining the materials we all thought the original idea wouldn't protect the egg well enough. We started to discuss how the device could be put together and how it could be attached to the egg while still having at least 50% of the egg visible.
Step 5 - One person started the building process to implement our idea and it became apparent how the device would be built. We also were able to take corrective action after the building process began by improving upon the device and how it was attached to the egg.
I thought our group worked well together. We were all pretty much proactive and each person came up with ideas about how to make our device a better. However, given the time constraints I thought it was difficult to go through each step efficiently. Since everyone wanted to be involved in every task, it was a little chaotic because no one was allocated a specific job to do. I believe if we had more time we would have been able to allocate specific tasks to each person so that there would not have been confusion about who needed to do what and when but in the end our device was successful.
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So, did your contraption work?
It seemed a lot of teams struggled with the time. It is a difficult thing to be able to measure how much time that you can spend on certain steps of planning. I believe assigning roles would have been very beneficial. A leader or moderator would have been helpful to keep track of time and what needs to be done. Then assigning specific roles to each person would have been helpful to keep things organized and so everyone is always working. Organization is important to keep confusion at bay.
I agree with you that the time constraints of this project was the main obstacle. My group had the same problem but the truth of the matter is we all must learn how to work under this type of duress in the real life, and this project was a great tool to learning how to do so. It was a good plan to have a back up plan for the egg contraption so you guys we be left out to dry once your original plan didn't work. But i am wondering did your team succeed?
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